Subject: Juvenal
Date: Oct 10 12:36:05 1997
From: Burton Guttman - guttmanb at elwha.evergreen.edu



Irene Wanner wondered,

> "Juvenal" is a Roman playwright, no?

Yes, a very _young_ playwright. A little-known fact is that he only
called himself by that name during his youth. At the age of about 25, he
changed his name to "Maturio," and when he grew very old he changed it to
"Archaeo." His prestige as a playwright was so great that "archaeo"
became almost synonymous with "playwright," and that's why in this
century the organization formed to produce screen plays called itself
"Archaeo," or as they wrote it, "RKO." History is much more interesting
when you learn these little-known facts. :-)

[Please don't flame me. It _is_ Friday afternoon.]

Burt Guttman guttmanb at elwha.evergreen.edu
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